Pictures show thousands of climate protesters marching down Edinburgh's Royal Mile with their placards

Thousands of Edinburgh residents and school pupils marched through Edinburgh on Friday to demand action on climate change.

The city council has refused permission for a march along Princes Street and teenage organisers say they have been threatened with arrest if they defy the ban - despite the authority declaring a climate emergency and granting pupils one day a year to take action without any punishment. Here are some of the best pictures from the march and some of the placards which were held aloft.